At an early-morning ceremony yesterday, July 21, before they had even begun
work for the day, construction workers for the NuMI project collected a $25,000
check from Fermilab. The award represents the workers' share of a $50,000 safety
incentive payment to subcontractor Ragnar-Benson, Inc.,
for achieving NuMI Project construction milestones on schedule and with no OSHA-recordable injuries.
To encourage workplace safety for subcontractors, Fermilab's contract with the
Park Ridge, Illinois construction firm provides for safety-related financial
incentives. In the second incentive period of the NuMI construction project,
Ragnar-Benson earned the $50,000 bonus by completing the target pit concrete
liner, the MI 65 building shell and the MINOS building shell, working 166 days
without injuries. Workers use daily work planning meetings and hazard analysis
to plan and execute their work safely, RBI officials said.

NuMI Safety Celebration

Fermilab debuts in the Museum of Modern Art in New York City

DZero's FPS Module in New York

On June 29, Fermilab made its debut in the world of contemporary art at the P.S.1 Contemporary Art Center, an affiliate of the Museum of Modern Art in New York City. Through August 31, Fermilab will be part of Signatures of the Invisible, an exhibit that features contemporary art inspired by particle physics as well as visually appealing pieces of scientific equipment. Fermilab, in conjunction with Stanford Linear Accelerator Center (SLAC), submitted artifacts from past, present and future particle physics experiments: lead glass from the Charmonium experiment, a FPS module from the DZero experiment and a magnet cross-section for the Large Hadron Collider.
read more

One fish, two fish

On any given summer day at Fermilab, it is easy to spot local residents and employees fishing at one of the many ponds on site. Recently, Bob Gebhardt, of West Chicago, made a big catch, snagging a 15.6 lb. Flathead catfish in one of Fermilab's ponds. Originally from the Fox River, Fermilab's Flatheads were introduced to the ponds on site approximately fifteen years ago. The number of prize catches over the years confirms that the Flatheads are thriving. Local resident, Tom Reiter still holds the unofficial Fermilab Flathead record, catching a 39 lb. fish on May 14, 1996.

Bob Gebhardt

Tom Reiter

Good morning!

Mike Witherell

We face an extraordinary challenge at Fermilab. We must make Run II succeed
while operating experiments, building the NuMI project and preparing for the
future. Such a challenge demands the best from every Fermilab employee
and further demands a work environment with the highest standards of employee
conduct. Fermilab's first director, Robert Wilson, defined our policy on human
rights: "The support of human rights in our laboratory is inextricably
intertwined with our goal of making the laboratory a center of technical and
scientific excellence," Wilson wrote. Every Fermilab employee has the right
to a workplace free of any form of harassment or discrimination. Our policy
is clear: There is no room in the Fermilab workplace for any behavior that
would divide us, anywhere, at any time-and especially now, when it is critical
that we pull
together as a laboratory and as a community.

The researchers found an imprint of dark energy by correlating millions of galaxies in the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS) and cosmic microwave background temperature maps from NASA's Wilkinson Microwave Anisotropy Probe (WMAP). The researchers found dark energy's "shadow" on the ancient cosmic radiation, a relic of cooled radiation from the Big Bang.
read more

July 18-July 21
- There were four stores established during this time period for a
total duration of forty-eight hours and twenty-seven minutes.
- Switchyard experts establish beam to the Meson Target Train.
- Pbar has a kicker power amplifier tube that is failing. The experts
think it will last until the shutdown.
- A lightening strike early Monday morning drastically reduces store
2805's luminosity and causes many devices to trip off.

2003 UEC Election
The 2003 Fermilab Users Executive Committee election will begin on July 21 and will close on
August 18. The election is open to all Fermilab users and will be conducted via the web.
more information

Bible Study
WED JUL 23 - Bible Study, noon-12:35pm, in the Small Dining
Room (WH-1SW). Current study is 'Journey into Happiness.'
Info at 840-3607 or dykhuis@fnal.gov